Armadillos and leprosy

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Armadillos and leprosy

Postby Silver_Surfer1 » Fri Apr 29, '11, 10:55 am

An interesting new study has found a link between Armadillos and leprosy:

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/inf ... n-us-study
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Re: Armadillos and leprosy

Postby Tweeg » Sat Apr 30, '11, 3:38 am

Creepy, very creepy.
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Re: Armadillos and leprosy

Postby Thoul » Sat Apr 30, '11, 11:43 pm

I'll second that. I had no idea leprosy even still existed, much less in the US. I'll be sure to stay away from any wild armadillos I ever come across now, though. Hopefully any zoos that have armadillos are monitoring their health closely.
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